You have to write a 5 pages, double space, essay where you :

1. Read the following from the NYC Office of Emergency management website:

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/ready/tornadoes.page

summarize the following two recent events (no more than one paragraph) that happened in NYC

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NYC-twister-Queens-tornado-knocks-down-trees-13129731.php

https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/3/17648936/nyc-tornado-college-point-whitestone-queens

https://ny.curbed.com/2018/7/17/17583258/nyc-weather-thunderstorm-funnel-cloud

interview four people (report by putting in a table their age and gender but do not record their names) and ask them whether they think that tornadoes could happen in NYC, what does tornado watch mean? What does tornado warning mean? what to do in case of a tornado watch and warning. Do people know what a tornado warning and watch is, or they get confused? (to determine whether people know the correct meaning of the terms tornado watch and warning, you can use the link to the NYC OEM webpage provided before).

last, discuss NYC tornado exposure, vulnerability and risk communication and whether you feel we NYC is prepared for tornadoes.